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Rivers for life : managing water for people and nature / Sandra Postel and Brian Richter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Postel, Sandra.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stream conservation.
- Ecosystem management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Island Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The conventional approach to river protection has focused on water quality and maintaining some "minimum" flow that was thought necessary to ensure the viability of a river.In recent years, however, scientific research has underscored the idea that the ecological health of a river system depends not on a minimum amount of water at any one time.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Ch 1: Where Have All the Rivers Gone?
- Why We Need Healthy Rivers
- The Disruption of Natural Flows
- Freshwater Life at Risk
- A Conceptual View for Balancing Human and Ecosystem Water Needs
- Ch 2: How Much Water Does a River Need?
- The Evolution of a New River Management Paradigm
- Flow Prescriptions Aimed at Ecological Health
- Setting Ecological Goals
- Learning By Doing
- Rebuilding a River's Natural Flow Patterns
- Lessons from the Colorado Pikeminnow
- Ch 3: The Policy Toolbox
- Allocating Water for Ecosystme Support
- South Africa Pioneers the Water "Reserve
- Australia Overhauls Water Policy and Tries a "Cap
- U.S. Policy Lacks Focus on Ecological Health
- Economic Tools for Securing River Flows
- Ethics in River Policy
- Ch 4: Down to the River
- A Comebacj Chance for the Missouri?
- Resotring the Brisbane River of Australia's Gold Coast
- Groundwater Pumping and the Future of the San Pedro
- Flows for Shrimp in the Tropical Rio Espiritu Santo
- Reducing Impacts of Federal Dams on Kentucky's Green River
- Sharing the Waters of South Africa's Sabie RIver
- Ch 5: Building Blocks for Better River Governance
- Capturing the Value of Ecosystem Services
- Lessons From the World Commission on Dams
- Bottom-up Governance Gets a Try
- River Basin Commissions Work "Outside the Box
- Sparks of Leadership
- Ch 6: Epilogue: Can We Save Earth's Rivers?
- Notes
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Bibliography
- About the Authors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-240).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-59726-780-5
- 1-4175-3881-3
- OCLC:
- 56415994
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